Electric cars on the streets of Dubai in the next 18 months

Electric cars in Dubai UAE

Power chiefs are already in talks to build a network of charging stations at locations such as hotels and shopping malls.

Dewa, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, intends to test 100 electric cars in its own fleet over the next two years.

“We just started our strategy,” Saeed Al Tayer, Dewa chief and vice chairman of Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy, said on Monday.

Electric cars on the streets of Dubai in the next 18 months

“The next step is to discuss this with our partners, like the Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Municipality, Emaar, Dubai Holding and Nakheel – and we already started actually – in order to ensure that we have the right information and also to make sure that we have the right locations.

“New initiatives require coordination and cooperation from all partners. There will be a very clear road map in order to start with the infrastructure, location-wise.